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(No Model.)

C. M. CLINTON.

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UNITED'. 'STATES PATENT Ormea] CHARLES M. CLINTON, OF ITHACA, NEIV YORK.

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SPECFCATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 413,774, dated October 29, 1889. Appllcation'led July 8, 1889. Serial N o. 316,834. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. CLNTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ithaca, in t-he county of Tompkins and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels for Fishing-Rods; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and igu res of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

My invention relates to reels for iishin grods, and has for its object. the provision of a reel which shall possess in an eminent degree the qualities of lightness, accurate detention at the point where the pull upon the line or the action on the handle ceases, and ready movement when even the most delicate pull or actionV is made upon the line or reel, the further quality of being self-oiling in the frictional points, and of a generally simplified and improved construction.

With these objects in View the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

The accompanyin g drawings illustrate what I consider the best means for carrying the invention into practice.

Figure l is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a central section. Fig. 3 is an in- -terior plan view with the outer disk removed.

unites the yoke and baseApiece is extended voutward into the hollow stud C, which forms the center for the lower disk, a support for the click-wheel, and also affords an oil-reservoir C within it, from which the lubricant exudes to the bearings through a small pei foration 0*. y

D is the inner disk, which is provided with a center sleeve d, which envelops the hollow stud C and forms the bearing for the disk. A seat C2 is formed on the outer end of the bearing-stud C, upon which is seated the click-wheel E. Around the eye of the click-wheel, on the outer side, is a projecting ring or band e, which forms the bearing for the outer disk D on its circumference and for the binding-screw F on its face. The screw F is threaded into the end of the hollow stud C, and has an enlarged head or cap f, which rests upon the face of the projec tion e and projects over the edge of the disk D and binds -the parts together. The opposing faces of the disks lie parallelto each other at the center, as shown at d cl2, and are surrounded by annular perforate channels d3 (Z4, to afford, when the parts are set up, a chamber or receptacle for the line. The faces d d2 are secured to a core Gr by screws let through from the' exterior of the disks, which coreforms a box for the click-wheel, click, and spring and alarge center on which to reel the line. The click Il is a triangular piece of metal swiveled on a pin 7i., projecting from one of the faces, and having its rpoint projecting into the teeth of the clickwheel and its base borne upon by a spring I, whose tension is such as to cause the click to hold the wheel with a delicate force, just sufficient to' hold the reel from turning by the weight of the line or the preponderance of any portion ofits structure, and to permit it to reel off when the least pull comes upon the line or to be reeled up with equal facility, it being apparent that the click opcrates with the same certainty and force in whichever direction the disks are turned. A handle d* is provided on the outer disk for convenience of manipulation. A band J, of a width about equal to the width of the core G, is secured to the bent ends b b of the yoke and lies between the peripheral edges of the disks. This band bears the line-slot j, and is held stationary while the disks are being revolved.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a Iishing-reel, the combination of the located in accntral orifice in one of the disks,

hollow stud or center post, which serves as an substantially as described. 1o oil-reservoir, an orifice therein for the pas- In testimony whereof I aix my signatu re in sage of oil to the reel-bearing, the disks havpresence of two witnesses.

ing bearing thereupon and being provided CHARLES M. CLINTON.

with parallel center faces, a peripheral band Vitnesses:

against which the outer edges of the disks ERON C. VAN KIRK,

revolve, and the click-wheel and spring-click ISAAC DODD. 

